NHTSA Complaint #10496793 — 2011 FORD FUSION

WHILE ENTERING INTERSTATE 275 SOUTH ON RAMP IN TAMPA, FL MY CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL AND THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. ALL I COULD DO IS COAST TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE MY SPEED SLOWED TO AROUND 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR, THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND SHAKE. I PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND IT WORKED LIKE NORMAL FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH OR SO UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS TURNING RIGHT ON RED ON A MAJOR 5 LINE STREET. SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES AND HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE FREQUENT. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE WEB, IT SEEMS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE DESCRIBING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I MEAN EXACTLY IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT FOR THE SPEEDS AND LOCATIONS. THE OLDEST MODEL THAT I RECALL SEEING THIS PROBLEM DESCRIBED ABOUT ONLINE IS A 2010 WITH ONLY 15000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE, THAT IN MY OPINION, NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WHEN I WAS MAKING THAT RIGHT TURN, THE CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND I HAD TO QUICKLY RESTART THE ENGINE AND FLOOR IT TO AVOID CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR